Prepaid meter consumers rises marginally by 2.36% in Q3 2018

The number of consumers that have access to prepaid meters by the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) increased slightly (quarter-on-quarter) by 2.36 percent to 1.65 million in the third quarter (Q)3of 2018 from 1.62 million in Q2 2018 in Nigeria, according to the newly released  National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) power sector data.

Prepaid meters are meters that enables consumers to regulate their electronic energy consumption and recharge whenever the energy is used up.

Also from the NBS report, Abuja Disco had the highest number of customers metered, followed by Benin Disco and Ibadan Disco while Yola Disco recorded the least total number of customers metered. In the previous quarter, Benin Disco overtook Abuja, having the highest.

Additionally, the power generated for Q3 of this year reflected that a total average of 78,917 Megawatt hour (MWh) of energy was generated daily by power stations. Daily energy generation attained a peak of 90,197 MWh on the 16th of August 2018.

Thermal stations generated a peak of 85,948 MWh on  July 10, 2018 while the hydro stations attained a peak of 30,164 MWh on August 28, 2018 . However, the lowest daily energy generation of 57,357 MWh was attained on July 8, 2018